#langbrl

[watchmenanon]

I want to strengthen my English but not as someone whose first language is not English, but as if I were a native English speaker learning grammar in school, so if anyone has a suggestion for a textbook, I'd appreciate it!

[almaestla]

i still haven’t learned all of the days of the week in french.... im such a fraud

[hufflepufflinguist]

33/365 no zero days in 2023 langbrl challenge

Finally Friday!

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Spanish:

-1 chapter El Amante Japonés

[khaikylglr]

Hi, I'm trying to find people from #langtwt here,if you are also in the language learning community follow me 😊

[hindisoup]

The spelling instructions of these words are sometimes written as khuradarā and kurakurā, but there is a syllable change in the middle of the word which actually causes the inherent अ-sound to disappear or near-disappear in spoken language.

[rmxcore]

studying a language is so satisfying!!!! like yeah its hard in the beginning, specially when you see a lot of words and have no idea what they mean but then you finally start to understand and when you can finish a paragraph without having to google a word or phrase you feel so proud and you start hearing songs and understanding them and you can read texts and understand it's concept and you can watch a video and understand what they're talking about and when you see you're writing a whole essay in this specific language and you're like woah-

[oneleggedflamingo]

Some Finnish winter aesthetic words :)

viima = a cold wind

hanki = a thick layer of snow, which has naturally formed from the falling snow. 

takkatuli = a fire in the fireplace. I warm my hands takkatulen edessä. 

hankikeli = when a person can walk on hanki without sinking into the snow. Typically the weather needs to be under 0 degrees of celsius. Kun on hankikeli, it is worth going on a walk on the fields. 

suojakeli/suojasää = the weather, when you can make snow balls. Suojakelillä children make snowmen everywhere.

lumikinos = A thick layer of snow. The snow might have naturally gathered more in certain areas, or it might have been pushed into kinos by a plow. Tällä säällä lumikinoksia on kaikkialla. 

puuterilumi = powder snow

loska = icy and watery slush. Running on loska covered road is awful.

räntä = sleet, watery and icy rain. Ränta sade is not my favourite type of rain. Don’t tell me that taas sataa räntää. There is an idiom: sataa räntää vaakatasossa, which means a horizontal räntä rain, this means that things are shitty and annoying. 

huurre = frost. When the moisture in the air has condensed into a colder surface.

hengitys huuruaa = when you breath out on a cold day, and you see the air going white.

menee huuruun = your car windows can go huuruun, when you turn the AC too high too soon and you can’t see through the windows, because they start to turn white. You should never drive huurteisilla laseilla. 

pakkanen = when the temperature is sub zero degrees of celsius. 

kirpeä pakkaspäivä = A face burningly cold day. The kirpeä part is not a necessary word, but some people add it, when it is so cold that your face and fingers hurt while being outside.

pöllytä = when moving air lifts particles. In an old barn you should never pöllyttää dust covered things, because you might breath in harmful microbes. 

‘’Pakkasella auton ikkunat menevät huuruun. Suojasäällä loskaa on kaikkialla ja hanki sulaa. Hankikelillä lumikinokset kestävät ja viima pöllyttää puuterilunta.’’

[greentea-n-cats-langblr]

LANGUAGES STUDY TIPS

1. Every day read and listen to something in your target language. 🎧📖

It doesn't matter if you are not able to fully understand, this kind of exercise will help you improve your pronunciation and it will make your reading skills improve.

Example: I read a newspaper article about something that interests me and I listen to scary stories in my target languages.

2. Use apps that are meant to teach you something 📱

Even Instagram can help if you ue it wisely!

Example: I use Duolingo and Quizlet daily to improve my knowledge. Why is that? First of all, on Quizlet I like to add every new word that I find, in order to study them. Secondly, I use Duolingo because it helps me understanding the way the phrase is structured in my target languages.

3. Try to think in your target language. 🤓

It may be hard at first, but you will get better with it with practice.

4. Schedule. ⏰

I believe that it is very important to write down what you have to do and to keep things organised.

Example: I divide the work week into three languages. On monday I study german, on tuesday russian, on wednesday english and so on.

[studycaffes]

Time is now people! My name is StudyCaffe. Who likes to read or just relax and do nothing.? Well let's relax together, and study or you just can watch and chill! You can also suggest what kind of videos i am making to my channel so it comes better.

[languagebraindump]

Why am I even learning?

I keep asking myself that question all the time. Sometimes I just forget why I put so much effort and time to learn something that doesn’t show any immediate and tangible results. If you google “why learn foreign languages,” you’ll get tons of headlines advocating learning a foreign language. But the reality is slightly different. Why bother then?

Once you learn a language you can get any job you want (my ass!)

When I started undergrad language school I was passionate; I had an aim; I knew why I was going there. While the first year was really exciting, later on, I started having some doubts. The one question that I heard almost all the time was: “what are you going to do when you graduate?” Well, I can do a lot of things, right? People say that languages are extremely important all the time and once you know a language you can conquer the world. But, why couldn’t I really say anything so pompous? The two options I had were: teaching or translating. That’s it. So… where are the other benefits? Universities around the world (most of them) have nothing more to offer. Only these two career paths require exquisite language proficiency. If you want to show off your superb language skills somewhere else you need to pair a language major with another, more practical major and that leads us to the next downside.

New language = new abilities?

That’s what people have in mind. Whenever they ask me “How do I say X in English/Japanese” and I say: “Well, I don’t know,” they are extremely shocked. Why? How is that even possible? I studied for so long I should know EVERY SINGLE word in my second/third language. But wait a second! Does this mean you (the inquirer) know EVERY SINGLE word (+ what they represent in real life) in your native language? I don’t think it works that way. People very often think language learners suddenly become experts in fields they’re not familiar with in their native languages. That’s extremely frustrating. I can’t handle a professional conversation with my physician in my native language; why should I be able to do that in my second language? Knowing a foreign language doesn’t make you an expert in any field of study.

Where are the benefits then?

There are! Trust me! They are not tangible, you can’t show them, you can only talk about them and your listeners just need to believe you’re saying the truth.

Benefit #1

The process of learning a foreign language makes you reflect on your own culture and forces you to learn your native language anew. Culture, huh? Yes! Culture is reflected in words, sentences, phrases, and clauses (even morphemes). The way we speak, the words we use show a lot about your homeland. Learning my native language? What’s that about? Well, it’s always better to understand the grammar of your native language before learning a foreign grammar. The end results? You brush up on your own culture and language; you learn a new culture and language. Along the way you are constantly comparing the two so, it is inevitable to reflect on our own surroundings, acting, and way of thinking.

Benefit #2

Meeting new people! Kind of cliched, I know. But it is a benefit. New people mean knowledge and new inspirations. New inspirations mean new passions. New passions mean a reason to live! Some of you might think it’s a bit exaggerated, but it is not. You just need to find the right people and you’ll see yourselves.

Benefit #3

Resources and entertainment. You gain access to resources that haven’t been translated to your native language. So much knowledge! Books, novels, movies, TV shows, research papers, tutorials, you name it! Access to foreign resources speeds up your learning process, can help you work faster, looking for problem solutions is easier,  movies are more enjoyable because you can actually hear the original emotions and admire the actors’ real craft (+ the action scenes with no subtitles are much better).

Keep learning! There are more benefits! If you ever start doubting the usefulness of learning a foreign language, remember that effects don’t have to be visible and tangible. The change that happens in you is good enough a reward to continue studying!

[fussballstuff]

[pinkstrawberrylanguages]

Who speaks or studies one of these languages

Swedish

Norwegian

Italian

Greek

Japanese

Portuguese (Europe)

Russian

[spraakkunst-nederlands-docnl]

Woorden die eindigen op F of S

de duif → de duiven

de gleuf → de gleuven

⚠️ de fotograaf → de fotografen

de kluis → de kluizen

de laars → de laarzen

⚠️ de kaars → de kaarsen

👉 Pinterest : woorden op F of S

01-10-2020

[estistudies]

learning english

beginner: they wasn't

intermediate/advanced: they weren't

native/native-like: they wasn't

[readinsomnia]

Word history #1

Poetry, from Latin pŏēsis, that is from Greek ποίησις, derived from ποιέω «to make, to create»

[hindisoup]

Both these words come from Sanskrit and are closely related to आकर्षण, a masculine noun for attraction.

There is another Sanskrit originating triplet consisting of प्रदर्शन (m), a show, exhibition, प्रदर्शक (m), a presenter, exhibitioner and प्रदर्शित (a), shown, displayed, exhibited.